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Destiny Pharma (LSE:DEST) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -11.17% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Destiny Pharma Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Destiny Pharma's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £60.31 Mil. Destiny Pharma's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was £-6.74 Mil. Destiny Pharma's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -11.17%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Destiny Pharma's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:DEST' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -152.98   Med: 0   Max: 0
Current: -77.52

LSE:DEST's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
81.4% of 1414 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: -15.86 vs LSE:DEST: -77.52

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Destiny Pharma's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Destiny Pharma Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Destiny Pharma's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Destiny Pharma Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Destiny Pharma Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -48.78 -20.96 -10.80 -22.68 -11.17

Destiny Pharma Semi-Annual Data
Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -10.80 - -22.68 - -11.17

Competitive Comparison of Destiny Pharma's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Destiny Pharma's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Destiny Pharma's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Destiny Pharma's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Destiny Pharma's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Destiny Pharma Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Destiny Pharmas Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-6.736/60.30733
=-11.17 %

For company reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus only calculate annual data for Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) and apply the annual figure to corresponding quarter.



Destiny Pharma  (LSE:DEST) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Destiny Pharma (LSE:DEST) Business Description

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Unit 36, Sussex Innovation Centre, Science Park Square, Falmer, Brighton, GBR, BN1 9SB
Destiny Pharma PLC is a clinical-stage biotechnology company which is focused on the development of medicines for the treatment of infectious disease. It is developing drugs for the prevention and treatment of infections caused by Antibiotic-Resistant (AR) bacteria. It is involved in developing XF-73 Dermal for the treatment of skin infections of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, XF-73 Nasal for prevention of post-surgical staphylococcal infection, XF Throat for prevention of staphylococcal hospital/ventilator-associated pneumonia infection.

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